Pork Shoulder Tacos With all the Good Stuff
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recipe by Chloe Harris www.chloefoodie.com
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- Total Time
- 2hrs 0mins
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- Serves
- 4
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- Calories
- 723
Carnitas are the Mexican version of pulled pork, traditionally made with pork shoulder. The seasoned pork is slow cooked in your Instant Pot Pro Plus until tender and juicy, ready to be filled in a warm corn tortilla. Top with all your favorite toppings such as sour cream, guacamole and coriander for best results!
recipe updated Mar 1, 2022
Ingredients
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- Lime
- 4 ½
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- Onion
- 1
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- Garlic clove
- 4
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- Red onion
- 1
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- Mango
- 1
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- Cilantro
- as needed
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- Corn tortilla
- as needed
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- Chipotle chili powder
- 2 teaspoons
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- Ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon
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- Salt
- 2 ¼ teaspoons
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- Brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons
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- Pork shoulder
- 1 kg
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- Salt & pepper
- as needed
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- Olive oil
- 1 tablespoon
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- Beef stock cube
- 1
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- Water
- 600 ml
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- Chipotle chili powder
- 1 pinch
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- Avocado
- 1
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- Salt
- as needed
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- Pickled jalapeno
- as needed
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- Sour cream
- as needed
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- Olive oil
- as needed
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- Hot sauce
- as needed
Tools
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Stove
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Instant Pot Pro Plus
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Small bowl
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Jar
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Medium bowl
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Large mixing bowl
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Inner pot - pro plus
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Frying pan - large
Step preview
- Add the spices, salt and sugar to a small bowl and set aside
- Pat the pork shoulder dry and season both sides with salt and pepper
- Add olive oil to the inner pot
- Pre-heat inner pot on Sauté
- When the Instant Pot Pro Plus has finished pre-heating add the pork shoulder
- Brown the pork on each side for 4 mins
- Carefully remove the browned pork and place on a cutting board
- Add the juice of 2 limes to the inner pot to deglaze
- Add in the onion, garlic and stock cube, mix to break up the cube
- Add all the spices and sugar from the small bowl and mix for 30 seconds
- Add 600 ml of water to the inner pot and mix to combine
- Add the pork back in
- Turn over the pork to get a light coating of spices all over the pork
- Secure the lid onto the Instant Pot Pro Plus
- Pressure cook for 45 mins on Max, then allow for Natural Release 10 min, then Quick Release the remaining pressure
- While pork is cooking prep your taco toppings
- To make the pickled onions, add the sliced onions, salt and lime juice to a jar or tupperware box
- Add a lid on top and shake to coat the onion slices
- Leave the onions on the counter to pickle while you prep your mango salsa
- Add the mango to a medium bowl, with some lime juice and pinch of chipotle
- Mix to combine and set aside for when you are ready to serve
- Add the avocado to a bowl with the juice of 1 lime and season with salt
- Cover the avocado and set aside until ready to serve
- Place the sour cream, jalapenos and torn cilantro in three separate dishes
- Once the pressure has fully released carefully open the Instant Pot Pro Plus
- Remove the pork from the cooking liquid and place in a large bowl
- Reduce the cooking liquid in the inner pot on Sauté until the sauce is reduced by half
- Shred the pork with two forks
- When the sauce has reduced, heat a frying pan on high heat with some oil
- Add the shredded pork and 1/2 a cup of reduced liquid to the frying pan
- Leave the pork frying on high for 2-4 mins without moving the meat, until one side of the pork is browned
- Place the pork in a serving bowl in the middle of the table along with all the taco toppings and the warm tortillas
- Fill a warm tortilla with some pork and all the toppings eat, enjoy and repeat